In the last ten days, there have been two big talks about comics and cartoonists, one by Libyan poet-translator-media mogul-doctor-blogger Ghazi Gheblawi, in London, and the other by author-artist-scholar-blogger Jonathan Guyer at Harvard.
Dina Mohamed — who previously won “Best Digital Comic” at the inaugural CairoComix for her superhero-focused Qahera — took the Grand Prize at this year’s CairoComix Festival for her Shubeik Lubeik, or, […]
The jury also awarded two special mentions to Moroccan novelist Yasmine Chami for her novel “Mourir est un enchantement” and to author Khaled Khalifa and translator Rania Samara for “No Knives in the Kitchens of This City.” Both authors will receive a €4,000 prize.
“…with the most longlistings to Algerian author Kaouther Adimi’s ‘Nos richesses’.”
It will feature seven main events, fourteen core artists, and many opportunities to work, learn, and buy new comics.
“Now, after a translation of Simic’s ironic voice, and a prose book full of complicated feelings around being a mother, can we expect new shadows from both in Mersal’s coming poems?”
“Petra Dünges is one of a handful of European specialists in Arabic children’s literature and the translator of the first children’s book from Arabic to appear in the German language.”
As every year, ArabLit revisits.
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